Butterfly Pavilion

We've never been to the Butterfly Pavilion so I decided to take the kids to check it out last week. Besides the fact that there were a million elementary students on a field trip there, we had a good time.

First, we did story time and Zane and Emmy got to touch/hold a hissing cockroach! Notice, I only said Zane and Emmy... there was no way I was getting anywhere close to it. Then, they posed for this picture.

Zane loved every single animal he saw and asked tons of questions, like if each one was poisonous, what they ate, if they were nocturnal, if they had a spine, etc. I think he especially liked the "Leaf Bug."
He got to "hold" Rosie the tarantula. I thought for sure he'd be hesitant because he usually says he doesn't like spiders, but he did great. Emmy really wanted to have a turn, but you have to be 3 to do it.

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Checking out the fish.

They got to feel Star Fish and Horseshoe Crabs.
The actual butterfly area was so awesome. There were so many butterflies everywhere around us. We all loved it. Zane really tried to catch one on his finger, but never got one to land.
This was our favorite butterfly...